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Single Idea 3960

[from 'Davidson on himself' by Donald Davidson, in 15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / a. Mind ]

Full Idea

There are no such things as minds, but people have mental properties.

Gist of Idea

There are no such things as minds, but people have mental properties

Source

Donald Davidson (Davidson on himself [1994], p.231)

Book Reference

'A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind', ed/tr. Guttenplan,Samuel [Blackwell 1995], p.231


A Reaction

I think this is right. It fits with Searle's notion of consciousness as a property, like the liquidity of water. I don't panic if I think "I have no mind, but I have extraordinary properties".